Police Raided Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Private Offices, Executive Says

Investigators remove documents from private office, he says
Pro-democracy media tycoon faces multiple police probes

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By Felix Tam and Natalie Lung

October 15, 2020 at 5:31 AM UTC

Updated on

October 15, 2020 at 11:21 AM UTC

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Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai said Hong Kong police raided one of his private offices, months after he was arrested under a new national security law and the newsroom of his Apple Daily newspaper was stormed.

Investigators “took away everything,” Lai told media including Radio Television Hong Kong before a court appearance Thursday. The Next Digital Ltd. founder said he didn’t know what officers were looking for and accused police of not acting in accordance with the law.